diff --git a/static/js/cookbookServe.js b/static/js/cookbookServe.js
index 099da1779..e93f0b480 100644
--- a/static/js/cookbookServe.js
+++ b/static/js/cookbookServe.js
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ function _rerenderCachedModels() {
       // stays as the source-of-truth so every existing change handler
       // (updateBackendVisibility, runtime readiness, command builder)
       // still fires via dispatchEvent('change') on selection.
-      panelHtml += `<label>${_l('Engine','Inference engine: vLLM, SGLang, llama.cpp, Ollama, or Diffusers')}<div class="hwfit-backend-picker" data-backend-picker style="position:relative;width:100%;"><select class="hwfit-sf hwfit-backend-source" data-field="backend" style="display:none;">${backendOpts}</select><button type="button" class="hwfit-backend-btn" data-backend-btn aria-haspopup="listbox" aria-expanded="false" style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;width:100%;height:32px;padding:0 8px;background:var(--bg);color:var(--fg);border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:4px;font:inherit;font-size:11px;cursor:pointer;text-align:left;position:relative;top:-3px;"><span class="hwfit-backend-btn-icon" data-backend-icon-slot aria-hidden="true" style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;width:16px;height:16px;color:var(--accent, var(--red));flex-shrink:0;"></span><span class="hwfit-backend-btn-label" data-backend-label style="flex:1;min-width:0;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;"></span><svg width="10" height="10" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true" style="opacity:0.6;flex-shrink:0;"><polyline points="6 9 12 15 18 9"/></svg></button><div class="hwfit-backend-menu" data-backend-menu role="listbox" hidden style="position:absolute;top:calc(100% + 4px);left:0;right:0;z-index:100;background:var(--panel, var(--bg));border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:6px;box-shadow:0 6px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.22);padding:4px;"></div></div></label>`;
+      panelHtml += `<label>${_l('Engine','Inference engine: vLLM, SGLang, llama.cpp, Ollama, or Diffusers')}<div class="hwfit-backend-picker" data-backend-picker style="position:relative;width:100%;"><select class="hwfit-sf hwfit-backend-source" data-field="backend" style="display:none;">${backendOpts}</select><button type="button" class="hwfit-backend-btn" data-backend-btn aria-haspopup="listbox" aria-expanded="false" style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;width:100%;height:32px;padding:0 8px;background:var(--bg);color:var(--fg);border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:4px;font:inherit;font-size:11px;cursor:pointer;text-align:left;position:relative;top:-4px;"><span class="hwfit-backend-btn-icon" data-backend-icon-slot aria-hidden="true" style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;width:16px;height:16px;color:var(--accent, var(--red));flex-shrink:0;"></span><span class="hwfit-backend-btn-label" data-backend-label style="flex:1;min-width:0;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;"></span><svg width="10" height="10" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true" style="opacity:0.6;flex-shrink:0;"><polyline points="6 9 12 15 18 9"/></svg></button><div class="hwfit-backend-menu" data-backend-menu role="listbox" hidden style="position:absolute;top:calc(100% + 4px);left:0;right:0;z-index:100;background:var(--panel, var(--bg));border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:6px;box-shadow:0 6px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.22);padding:4px;"></div></div></label>`;
       panelHtml += `<input type="hidden" class="hwfit-sf" data-field="host" value="${esc(_es.remoteHost || '')}" />`;
       // Inference mode pill (llama.cpp only) — lives directly to the
       // RIGHT of Backend in Row 1 so the engine and the GPU/CPU choice